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Cryos walked through the darkness. His only source of light was the sparking heads of a pair of Kelbrid. It was barely enough light to see by, but he could make out the walls of the tunnel around him.

Kelbrid slithered all around him, and every few feet there was a side tunnel leading off into darkness.

Every so often, they turned down a side tunnel. Cryos tried to keep track of which tunnels they took, but after straight, straight, right, down, left, up, straight, left he lost track.

The Kelbrid didn't seem to have that problem. They went on and on without even slowing down. Cryos stuck close to them, he didn't want to get lost in this maze.

The electro-sparks they gave off cast a harsh, glaring light. But when they arrived in the Queen's den, the electric Kelbrid shut off and torches were lit.

The Queen sat on a pile of dirt, still dropping eggs out her back end, but also less sure of herself than last time. She slithered off her 'throne' and faced Cryos on his level.

"Cryos," She growled at him. "I have spoken to the different Kelbrid. He has truly changed. Changed far too much to ever be allowed to return to the hive. When he comes back from his quest, you shall present him with his name."

"His name?" Cryos asked.

"Yes," The Queen told him. "When a Kelbrid is to be banished, it is presented with a name. While the different Kelbrid is the fulfillment of a prophecy and the undoing of The One, a Kelbrid who is different than the rest of the hive cannot be accepted. No matter what that Kelbrid may have done, they must become an outcast."

"Ok, I don't really get that, but it's your laws. Anyway, why do you want me to give him his name?"

"Because, I feel… sorry, yes I think that's what I feel. Sorry that the greatest hero the Kelbrid race has ever known must become an outcast. I do not wish him to be alone in the universe, I would rather he stay with you. He seems to becoming more and more like you all the time."

"Oh," Cryos made a weak laugh. "You heard about the scientific reason he's changing then…"

"I had my own suspicions, but yes, I was recently informed."

"Oh, well, what name do you want me to give him?" Cryos was a little anxious to change the subject. He had a feeling that the Queen might not like him for accidentally mutating one of her warriors.

"I have not yet decided." She told him. "But I will send a messenger to you sometime before the different Kelbrid returns."

"Where did he go anyway?" Cryos asked.

"This globe has only one other Kelbrid hive on it. Once the different Kelbrid returns from that hive, he will set out in our last remaining spacecraft to seek out other hives. The process may take several months, as we have been isolated for so long that our records are obsolete. We only know where hives were located before we were stranded here."

"I'll lend you Draco," Cryos told her. "He's fast enough to get across the galaxy in a few minutes, better than whatever little Z-Space thing you might have."

"You would do such a thing?" The Queen asked in shocked disbelief.

"Of course. It'll be good to get that little troublemaker off-planet for awhile anyway. I can only imagine what he's cooking up with Draca here to help him. Speaking of which, I'd better go check up on those two."

"I shall send the guides to help you." The Queen called after him as the electro-Kelbrid slithered up next to him with their heads sparking.

Once he was safely outside the hive, Cryos flew back to where the others were still talking.

Kentra brought him up to speed. "According to the Kelbrid information keepers, the one has a fortress on this little asteroid without much air on it. Not much of a problem for you or the Kelbrid, but for the rest of us, it could be difficult. Anyway, the fortress is indestructible, or very nearly so. There's no way to destroy it from the outside, if someone could shut down the force shields from the inside… But to do that, we have to get inside first. So one problem at a time."

She said all this in one breath and had to gasp before saying any more.

"The fortress is guarded by hundreds of Kelbrid," She continued. "because when The One absorbs a queen, it gets control over all her broods. So we were planning to let the hives on our side occupy The One's Kelbrid while we go after him."

"That's what these cowards want to do anyway!" Vegeita shouted. "I say we should just attack the fortress head on. Blast our way in, and kill The One! Cryos, this cowardly female of yours is trying to make you defy your Sayian ways. Don't listen to the weakling. We have more than enough power between all of us that nothing in this Universe or any other can hope to stop us. THAT is the Sayian way!"

"That's also probably why the Sayians are all pretty much extinct." Cryos retorted.

"You've been spending too much time with this weakling girl and the bug!" Vegeita yelled back. "A true Sayian wouldn't stand for this! A true Sayian-" That was all the farther he got before Kentra tackled him.

"You call me weak!?" She roared as she lifted his body over her head and threw him through the air.

Everyone was too shocked by this outburst from the normally calm and timid Kentra that no one even reacted until she had him pressed back against a boulder and was throttling the life out of him.

Cryos grabbed her and pulled her back, but she struggled trying to kill Vegeita.

He was able to pull her back out of reach before she managed to dig her feet into the ground. Cryos couldn't figure out where she was getting so much power, she had certainly never been this strong before!

Her eyes glowed and Cryos shouted. "She's got eye lasers! Someone stop her!"

The twin beams of energy lanced out at Vegeita's prone form on the rock, but just before they struck, Trunks jumped into their path. They left holes in his Sayian-style armor and burns on his skin, but no serious damage.

Suddenly, she stopped. Cryos glanced over at the group and saw Mewtwo with his eyes closed and hands on his temples. His eyes snapped open and Kentra fell limply to the ground, unconscious.

"What was that all about?" Piccolo asked. "She seemed so nice, until she went Chi-Chi on us."

It was exactly the kind of outburst that had made Cryos's grandmother the only woman that Vegeita had ever feared. Well, maybe not the only one anymore.

"She, eh, has a problem." Cryos was reluctant to say anymore.

"Well, I suggest she work it out!" Zeethra yelled. "She's powerful, I give her that, but we can't have a loose cannon like that when we go to fight The One!"

"Um, it's not really the kind of problem you can just work out."

"Well what is it then?"

Cryos was silent for a time, then heard a faint voice. "You can tell them Cryos. They need to know, this effects everyone."

It was Kentra! She'd woken up and was sobbing gently on the ground. Cryos sat down next to her and pulled her close. "Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yeah, they need to know, before I explode on anyone else." She muttered softly.

"Ok, I'll tell them." Cryos gathered Kentra into his arms and stood up. "Everyone: For Ba'Ranians, mood swings are simply the first symptom of pregnancy. We're going to have a baby."

There was total silence for about three seconds, then everyone's jaws dropped. (Everyone with the exception of Zon, who doesn't exactly have a jaw, just insect-like pinchers. But his antenna shot straight up and stopped moving)

Cryos was bombarded by questions from every side.

"Did you talk to Washu about it?"

"Is it a boy or a girl?"

"How long until it's born?"

"Will it be immortal too?"

"What will it look like?"

"How many weeks is she?"

All the questions were cut off when Vegeita screamed out, "Will everyone BE QUIET?!?!?!" Vegeita limped away from the rock, pushing Trunks away when he tried to help him. He got close and grabbed Kentra by the chin. He looked deep into her glowing eyes.

He stayed that way for quite some time. Cryos was ready to stop either of them if it turned violent, and he could tell everyone else was expecting it as well.

But nothing happened. After awhile, Vegeita let her go and turned his back. "Well, Cryos, I can't say that I wholeheartedly approve of this, but neither can I say that I didn't expect it. I find it difficult, however, to believe that in an entire Multiverse, you failed to find anyone better than, that…"

Kentra tried to scramble out of Cryos's arms, but he held her tight, and this time he was expecting her strength. After a few seconds of struggling, she began to cry. Cryos put her down and she ran away into the forest.

Cryos grabbed Vegeita and lifted the shorty up to eye level. "What was that all about!?" He demanded. "I just told you she has mood swings! Everything you say to her effects her more than you can imagine!"

"Then tell her that I approve of her." Vegeita said with a lopsided smile. "I was just testing her. If she's going to be the mother of my first born grandchild, I have to see how she handles herself. True, that little run-away-crying thing wasn't what I hoped for. But like you said, hormones do crazy things."

Cryos threw Vegeita to the ground with disgust. "I can't believe you, I should have let her kill you!"

"I was in no danger." Vegeita scoffed.

"I beg to differ Vegeita." Said Piccolo. "Those eye lasers would have cut right through you."

"A mere girl cannot harm a Sayian Prince!" Vegeita yelled and threw a wild punch at the Namekian warrior.

He missed, but Cryos didn't see any of it. He had run off into the forest after Kentra.

He found her building the largest energy bomb she could. "Kentra…" He called, almost making her drop it. "What are you doing with that?"

"I'm going to kill that sour old man with it. Don't you dare try to stop me either." Apparently she was back in her angry mood.

"Ok, I understand that. But that bomb is overkill. It could vaporize a small mountain. I'm not going to stop you,"

"Thank you."

"but, if you insist on going after Vegeita, I'm going to have to save him from you. And I don't want to do that, because he's going to complain about it the whole time." Cryos finished.

Kentra stopped building her energy bomb and the energy scattered harmlessly. She fell to her knees in tears. "I hate this!" She yelled. "My emotions are an open book for anyone to poke at! I want everything to go back to normal!"

"It's alright." Cryos sat down with her and pulled her into a hug. "I don't know exactly what you're going through, but don't worry, we're going to get through this together. No matter what happens."

She sniffled. "Really? You mean that?"

"Of course I do." Cryos assured her.

They sat for a long time before she calmed down enough to go back to everyone else. When they finally returned, Vegeita was sitting on the rock with a very angry look on his face. He also was covered with scuffs and scratches and had a black eye. There had been some fighting while they were gone.

Cryos and Kentra had to walk close by him and heard his muttering (Those cowards ganged up on me, they knew it was the only way to defeat a Sayian Prince. Why, a true Sayian…) but ignored him.

"Cryos," Zeethra called. "You have a message."

He looked and saw a messenger Kelbrid waiting near the edge of the clearing. It slithered up to him and said. "The Queen has decided on a name to present to the different Kelbrid. You shall call him Pahrac. And you shall tell him that once he defeats The One, he is an outcast. If he is to approach any Kelbrid hive again, it will result in his death."

"That's kind of harsh, isn't it?" Cryos asked. "For someone who's trying to save you all."

"Harsh or not, it is the Kelbrid way." The messenger said and slithered off.

His tail was still visible when he screamed. Cryos ran over to see what was happening, and saw the different Kelbrid, Pahrac, covered with this Kelbrid messengers blood.

Pahrac looked up at Cryos and said in his strange double voice. "I heard everything. I shall do my duty and complete my destiny. Then, I don't know what I shall do… A Kelbrid without a hive is nothing!" He lowered himself down close to the ground and closed his eyes.

"It's alright," Cryos assured him. "you still have your mission. We'll worry about the future after we beat The One. But for now, you're going to take Draco and find the other Kelbrid hives. Like you said, it's your destiny."

"Yes…" He muttered at first, but then spoke with more strength in his voice. "Yes! I do have my destiny, and my mission. I shall seek out the other hives and bring them into our fold! The One shall not withstand the might of the Kelbrid swarms attacks!"

"That's the spirit." Cryos told him and called Draco. Luckily, Draco came right away and didn't argue when Cryos told him to listen to Pahrac.

He probably won't listen anyway, no matter what I tell him… Cryos thought as Draco, carrying Pahrac, flew off into the sky.